Pierce County Events Calendar

Pierce County Events Calendar

This calendar is the place to find fun events happening throughout Pierce County, including Tacoma, Puyallup, Lakewood and beyond.

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February – March 2023 Feb – Mar 2023
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Feb
28
Tue
Dental Health Month @ Hands On Children's Museum
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Feb 28 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Each February we promote healthy smiles by joining with our dental community to offer free dental screenings right inside the Museum! Kids can pretend to be the dentist in our Puget Sound Dental Office exhibit and meet special guests like Amazon of Olympia, Batman in Seattle, and Tinker Fairy. Fun, engaging activities are offered all month long. Presenting Sponsor, Westside Dental.

• Explore the Puget Sound Dental Office in the Emergency! Gallery, open every day
• Greet Tinker Fairy and take a photo Feb. 18, 12–4 p.m.
• Make tiny teeth necklaces
• See some of the biggest teeth (elephants, mammoths, mastodons)
• Explore maritime mouths (narwhals, whales, sharks & more!)
• Sew a monster mouth or tooth fairy pillow
• Practice drilling for food like moon snails & mollusks
• Use tools to craft your own toothy charms & trinkets
• Meet and get your photo taken with Amazon of Olympia (Captain Carter) Feb. 3, 5–7 p.m. Amazon of Olympia (Wonder Woman) will be here Feb. 11 & 25, 2–4 p.m. Batman in Seattle will also be here on Feb. 25, 2–4 p.m.
• Free Dental Screenings for kids every Saturday in Feb. from 2–4 p.m. & First Friday Night Feb. 3 from 6–8 p.m. Museum admission is also free with your screening. Reservations required. Call (360) 956-0818 ext 0. Screening Sponsor, Small to Tall Pediatric Dentistry.

Check out our Dental Health Month page for more information and a complete list of sponsors.

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Categories: Education Family Events Kids Tags: #family childrens events Dental dental health month family friendly hands on children's museum kid friendly
Stayed on Freedom: A Book event with Michael Simmons and Dan Berger @ Tacoma Arts Community Center
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Feb 28 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

The Black Power movement is often associated with iconic spokespeople, but its momentum was due, in part, to the work of those with untold stories. UW-Bothell Professor and historian Dan Berger’s new book Stayed On Freedom: The Long History of Black Power through One Family’s Journey focuses on the story of Zoharah Simmons and Michael Simmons: two unheralded, grassroots Black Power activists who dedicated their lives to the fight for freedom.
Michael Simmons will join author Dan Berger for a discussion about his life and the recently released book, moderated by Social Justice Fund NW Executive Director Valériana Chikoti Bandua Estes.

RSVP here: https://forms.gle/t6qqkdjfaZ1G9x3i9

Dan Berger is professor of comparative ethnic studies at the University of Washington Bothell. He is the author or editor of several books and curates the Washington Prison History Project. His most recent book is Stayed on Freedom: The Long History of Black Power Through One Family’s Journey, just published by Basic Books.
Michael Simmons has been a domestic and international human rights activist for 60 years. Beginning as an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and later as Director of European programs for the American Friends Service Committee, Michael’s work has taken him to Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. For 18 years, he co-founded and ran the Ráday Salon, an independent human rights learning and discussion program in Budapest, Hungary. He also taught courses on African American History and US Elections at the Budapest campus of McDaniel College

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Categories: Author Talk Volunteering and Community Enrichment Workshops, Classes and Lectures
Mar
2
Thu
Craftopia: Earrings 101 class @ Craftopia
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Mar 2 @ 5:30 pm

Master Crafter Darcy Jones will be teaching this fabulous class all about how to make earrings. Crafters will learn the various techniques to make stunning jewelry and will get to pick out their own jewels and gems to make their own unique creations. $25/person includes all materials to make several pairs of earrings.
$25 per person. Ages 14+.
Register at www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts Jewelry making
Mar
3
Fri
Craftopia: String Art class @ Craftopia
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Mar 3 @ 4:30 pm

Make your very own string art creation! Learners will get the chance to choose from several different basic string art shapes, will pick their base and learn how to create their frame, then will wrap their way to their very own work of string art.
$15 per person. Ages 14+. This class involves the use of hammers and nails.
Register at www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts folk arts
Craftopia: CaTi Plants class @ Craftopia
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Mar 3 @ 5:00 pm

These CaTi figures are super cute and fun to make. We provide the supplies and you can let your imagination run wild. You can paint the cat as well as the pot, chose to add flowers or not and even chose the types of rocks you would like for your pot. Follow our design or create your own.
$20 per person. Ages 14+
Register at www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts folk arts
Craftopia: Fiberholics Anonymous meet up @ Craftopia
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Mar 3 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Do you love yarn? Is your embroidery thread collection of epic proportions? Are hooks, needles, and looms filling your space? Then this is the place for you! Join us once a month for a fiber-lover meet-up. The first Friday of every month from 5-7pm, our community room will be opened for fiber artists of all varieties to hang out, work on projects, chat, laugh and relax.
Light refreshments are available, but feel free to bring your own food and drink as well. RSVP’s are appreciated but not required.
www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts knitting and crochet textile arts yarn
Mar
4
Sat
Site Steward Workshop with Nisqually Land Trust @ Eatonville Community Center
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Mar 4 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Do you have a love for the land, and the plants, animals and the other life it supports? Do you want to help take care of the special places you love? Do you like spending your free time walking through the woods?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, becoming a Site Steward with the Nisqually Land Trust may be a good fit for you. Our volunteer stewards “adopt” one of the Land Trust’s properties in the Nisqually River watershed, and periodically monitor it for positive and negative changes.

The Nisqually Land Trust (NLT) is a nonprofit that protects and stewards lands to permanently benefit the water, fish, wildlife, and people of the Nisqually River Watershed

We have over 6,000 acres of protected land, so the Site Steward Program increases our capacity to track changes and more effectively steward this land.

This Site Steward Workshop is an opportunity to learn about our Site Steward program and the work NLT is doing in the watershed. Current or returning site stewards are welcome to join us as well.

Please register through Eventbrite, so we have a headcount for the event. (Click on “Tickets” for the link.) You will also receive directions when you register.

Questions? Email Emily at emily@nisquallylandtrust.org.

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Categories: Volunteering and Community Enrichment Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: conservation environment environmental education nature nisqually land trust Nisqually River stewardship
Craftopia: Yarn Painting class @ Craftopia
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Mar 4 @ 12:00 pm

With just a little yarn and glue, you too can create your own “painted” masterpiece- with yarn! We’ll walk you through design do’s and don’ts, placement technique, glue choice (a.k.a how to keep your painting from turning completely crunchy), then set you free with hundreds of yarn options and your imagination to create your own masterpiece.
$10 per person. Open to all ages, though under 12 requires parental assistance.
Register at www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts folk arts textile arts
Craftopia: Crochet Crash Course @ Craftopia
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Mar 4 @ 2:30 pm

Learn to crochet in two hours? Yes please! In this beginner course, we will go over the basic tools and supplies needed to crochet, learn the terminology, and explore some of the stitches you can use later to make amazing crochet pieces. This is a fast paced course with lots of information!
$20 per person. Ages 14+
Register at www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts knitting and crochet yarn
Mar
5
Sun
Craftopia: Quilled Cards class @ Craftopia
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Mar 5 @ 12:00 pm

Try your hand at the ancient art of rolling paper. We’ll discuss tools of the trade and learn several rolling techniques before being set loose to make your very own quilled creation. For our March classes, we will be incorporating some fun stained glass style cat bookmarks then quilling our designs on top. You can make your creation on cardstock or a canvass if you prefer.
$15 per person. Ages 7+
Register at www.craftopiawa.com

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Categories: Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: arts and crafts folk arts textile arts
February – March 2023 Feb – Mar 2023